As a Bob Dylan fan, this subject line on a recent e-mail from product manager Jane van der Spuy immediately caught my attention. Ditto the content, an extension to the SA Instrumentation and Control market ...
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“Do the fundamental decisions that scada-MES developers make impact on the SIs and end-users? And if so, how and why?”
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I was invited recently by Endress+Hauser South Africa to participate in the 2010 Interkama training tour to Switzerland, France and Germany. The 11 day itinerary began among the cherry trees of Basel, ...
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At the time that this issue is going to print, SA Instrumentation & Control’s editor Steven Meyer is accompanying Endress+Hauser’s 'Interkama Tour' to Hannover Fair 2010. Steven reports that the tour ...
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Originally founded in 1957 as The Instrument and Control Society of Southern Africa, the name was subsequently changed to the SAIMC to accommodate new developments in the industry. The name was further ...
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While marketing’s hierarchy pondered how best to incorporate the www into the mix, Cindy Gordon blazed a viral trail through the Internet jumble. The concept of viral marketing has an eerie feel about ...
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We take a quick look at what the future of ­robotics holds in store for engineers and humankind. And it is fun!
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As South African Internet users know, South African connectivity to internationally hosted websites is significantly poorer (in reliability and speed) than connectivity to websites that are hosted within South Africa.
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Cambridge University’s Professor Stephen Hawking postulates in his ‘Life in the Universe’ lecture ( http://hawking.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65) that human beings have entered ...
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Welcome back after the holidays and all the best for the New Year. As I mentioned in a previous column, Instrumentation and Control will be placing more emphasis this year on energy efficient systems ...
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It is almost that time again. Time to bid your tyrannical inbox farewell for a few weeks and take a well deserved break to reconnect with the things which are important to you – preferably over a cold ...
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Scada is dead. Long live scada!
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